risk assessment
nounUK /rɪsk əˈsesmənt/
US /rɪsk əˈsesmənt/
A risk assessment is when you look at something to see what could go wrong and how to stay safe.
Before the school trip, the teachers did a risk assessment to make sure the park was safe.
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2. A careful study of possible problems in a plan or project.
The team did a risk assessment before building the new bridge.
3. A formal report that lists dangers and ways to reduce them.
The factory keeps a risk assessment for every machine.
4. The act of judging how likely something bad is to happen.
Her risk assessment showed the storm could be dangerous.